Shoe-rack



E.E. 0ANEDY.

SHOE RACK.

Non 60 4,87 5v.

Patent-6d May 31, 1898..

* PAT-ENT OFFICE.

A ERNEST' n. I(minlnv, VVor Norrrn ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

snot-RACK.

srnorrrcnrron'forming fari of7Lettersratei1/cNo.^oo4,875, dated' may 31, 189s.; i -ippuciitii met umberto, 1897. satin No. 655.810. (Nomina Beit known that I, ERNEST E. CEDna citizen-,of they United States, and a .resident `of North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and `State of Massachusetts, have invented v certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe'- ARacks l and I do hereby declare vthat the folt lowing 'is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, v which wil-1 enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make-f-andusethe same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part Aof this specificatiom' f 1- n articlesand when not 1in .use can be folded-up Theginveujtion consists 1n struction `and combination of parts hereinaf-j 413'and 14, 'the pins 16 engaging with the holes '15 and 17 thereby holding the p arts securely 'ff-in storage 'or.transp ortatiom4 and locke e, "so as "to occupy but little spacel the novel conter fully'described andclaimed. f

In the accompanying dawings, Figure= iis a side elevation` of ra folding rack constructed in accordance'with my invention and show.-

in gthe sameextended or opened foruse.v Fig. f .2fis a central'ftransversesection ofthe same.

Fig..l 3 is an 4 end View. Fig. 4`is a central transverse section showing therack folded o r closed; Fig .5 is anen'df view of the same.

In the said drawings the lrefe ence-numer-- als 1 -1and2-2 designate front a d rear standgas ards or vertic'albars, respectively, connected together-at theirlower ends by longitudinal bars''f", provided with casters 3. Saidstandards, near the upper and lower enlds and also intermediate the same,are connected together Pivotally-connected with the ends of said rods gv4 4 are inwardly-extending arms 5 at each end` by longitudinal rods 4, irmly'secured thereto.

of therack. One -of'these arms is formed with a lsha'ped. slot-,orrecess 6, with whichv engages the correspondingly-beveled inner end 7 of theio'pposite arm when the rack is v. expanded or opened. Said inner ends ofthe farms are pivoteditolongitudinal rods 8, which 'refseoure'd ,to 'vertically movable bars l 9. Rods 10 are connected with the varms 5 inter,-

`nie'diatethel ends thereof. The lower sides A of said arms are inclined as shown andthe rods 4 and 5 incline from the outer. side toward the center, so as to form a trough-like receptacle or frame' to receive the objects or larticles. Y

Pivoted to the lockingibars`12,'which engage with lugs 13 on the verticallymovable bars 9- and with similar but inverted lugs 14, securedl to the other standards 1 and 2. At the ends these outer sides' of one of thev l standards 1 and 2, near the lower ends,'are

locking-bars are formed with haies 15. for the i passage of pins"16, whi ch pass through holes `in the lugs 14-and ,engage withV holes 17 in said opposite standards'l'and 2. These bars are also formed" with holes 18vnear'their uptherack is 'foldedl 'Y v When the rack is extended, as in use, the vertically-movable vbarsare depressed, Awith.

the beveled and recessed inner" ends 'ofjthe arms 5 .engaging with eachother, by which their. downward movement is limited. 'lhe locking-bars are also engaged with the 'lugs in position. The rack can now` be used ,for displaying shoes or other ebjectsor for hanging clothes.. To fold the rack, the pins 16 are withdrawn from the holes 17 the lockingarms disengaged fromtheir lugs, and the bars 9 are elevated,l the arms 5 working on the rods ,4 and 8, which form the pivots therefor, untilthe positions shown in Figs. 4 and 5 are assumed. The pins are then pushed into the holes 18, locking the .parts in place.

Having thus'fully described my invention',

what I claim isl 1. In a folding rack, the combination with the front and rear stationary standards, the

provided with casters, `and the longitudinal connecting rods secured to i said standards near the upper and lower ends and intermeconnecting-bars at the lower. ends thereof lockingVfshaped recesses and beveled points at their. inner ends, the vertically-movable bars, the longitudinal ro'ds 'secured thereto to whicht-h'e inner endsof said-'arms are pivoted, and the intermediate rods secured to said arms," substantially as described.,

r,2. In a folding rack, the combination' with IOO the front and rear stationary standards formed with upper and lower holes to receive locking pins, the longitudinal connectingbars provided with casters, the longitudinal connecting-rods secured to said standards, the inwardly-extending arms pivcted to said rods and formed with interlocking beveled points and recesses at the inner ends, the ver tica11ymovab1e bars, the connecting-rods to which the inner ends of said arms are pivoted, the locking-arms pivoted to the diag0- nally opposite standards, the lugs on the other standards and on the vertically-movable bars and the locking-pins, substantially as described.

In testimony that I elaim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST E. CANEDY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD C. KIELY, JOHN E. MALONEY. 

